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awkwardneſs of
giving Informationof this sort to one of the Parties –––You can be at no loſs to
understandme — It was very confidently said thatMr . Elliot — that everything was
settledin the family for an Union betweenMr . Elliot — & yourself. It was
addedthat you were to live at Kellynch — that
Kellynch was to be given up.This, the Admiralknew could not be cor::rect — But it occurred to him thatit might be the wish of the Parties —And my commiſsion from him Madam,
is to say, that if the Family-wish is such, his the Lease ofKellynch shall be cancel'dcancelled, & he & my Sister will provide
themselves with another home, without imagining themselves to be
doing anythingwhich under in similar circumstances wd .would not be done for them. –––This is all
Madam. — A very few words in reply from you will
besufficient. — That I
should be theperson required to commiſsioned onthis subject is
extraordinary! – and beleive me Madam, it is no leſspainful. — A very few words
howeverwill put an end to the awkwardneſs&
distreſs we may both be
feeling."